Use of a UAS, infrared camera night vision camera, SimpliSafe Security system to monitor collapse of the Ledbetter Bridge in Paducah KY. June 2014
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@jacrispy88023 жыл бұрын
This is the weirdest simpli-safe ad I have ever seen
@whiteknightcat3 жыл бұрын
Bridge: I've fallen and I can't get up.
@Tr0nNick2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha. Hilarious
@gizmodude62502 жыл бұрын
Damn good thing they caught it before people got killed
@SJM67916 жыл бұрын
Let’s be honest, that bridge was a pile of shit way before the landslide happened.
@danecrawford26583 жыл бұрын
I agree, it looked like it was way past it's shelf life long before the sliding
@kennethriley3773 жыл бұрын
@@danecrawford2658 I miss it tho. I remember the first time driving across it by myself when I was 16 and was scared shitless...
@MrBruinman862 жыл бұрын
Typical US - we don't take care of our infrastructure.
@lincolnguy14832 жыл бұрын
What do you expect from Kentucky? 🐷
@jackschultz66732 жыл бұрын
It was built in 1940 back then not as much traffic. Main people were farmers. Before that they had barges that would move people to one side and another they still have to this day . Faries that push the barges loaded with cars trucks semi cattle across. When I grew up from Led better to Smithland about 20 houses main road there were just farms....r
@kennethriley3773 жыл бұрын
I remember driving quads and dirtbikes under this bridge years before it was closed. You could literally see cars pass over from underneath from all the holes in the concrete... There was a "catwalk" with a ladder that was hanging off and we would get our crazy friends to climb up it. That bridge caused a lot of deaths from car crashes to people hitting pedestrians and people jumping off.
@jackschultz66732 жыл бұрын
I remember a few wrecks but not deaths I don't know of anyone who jumped but have not lived there in years not since 1981. Two girls I went to high school was speeding and ran into back of semi trailer got hurt bad. R
@johnbockelie38992 жыл бұрын
Don't see anything wrong, tell the public they can go ahead and use it.
@johnbockelie38992 жыл бұрын
Out here in Everett, Wash we had a small train bridge on Broadway that looked like part of the road. But underneath it , the bridge that was over 100 yrs. Old was falling apart. The road was soon closed and repaired but if it was just ignored, it might have caved in.The train tracks run right under it.
@mobius-19656 жыл бұрын
My brother worked for wpsd in 2009 he called me in the middle of the day and told me that he had worked on a story about that bridge,he told me that it was recently inspected and the score was given to the highway department or whatever. The score given to a bridge is between 1 to 100. That Bridge that was driven on for years after that scored a 3.
@inkbold85112 жыл бұрын
Omg can't believe they didn't even close the bridge with score of 3
@jerryhayden87204 жыл бұрын
I worked for a contractor 40 years ago resurfacing this bridge. It was in great shape back then. I didn't realize how bad this was with the erosion stressing the structure like this. Definitely the bridge had to come down before something very serious happened. Looks like it wasn't torn down any too soon. Looks like it should have been addressed sooner.
@TXnine7nine2 жыл бұрын
And here I thought SimplySafe was just a home security system. Apparently its also a "we will tell you when your bridge collapses" system as well.
@TheGuitologist2 жыл бұрын
I remember driving across this bridge several times over the years. I thought it was going to collapse even back then.
@geordi50542 жыл бұрын
Why did you think that?
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@user-hb8be5wb4q3 жыл бұрын
The greatest vlog yet. The narrator is great, the content is great, thanks for posting. And no stupid, irritating music, just the narrator and the humming of that wasp flying with a GoPro on its back. Seriously glad you didn’t have some irritating music that distracts from the video.
@JohnDoe-pv2iu5 жыл бұрын
Someone was using their noodle! Use a drone and an inexpensive home alarm for sensors. Pretty cool!
@ckennedy1096372 жыл бұрын
Yeah but that drone prob cost taxpayers 10,000 dollars and the alarm system was another 100,000 dollars p obably
@potblack60432 жыл бұрын
@@ckennedy109637 Is that sarcasm, or is this a joke how the contractors inflate the price of their services when they are hired to work for the government? A video drone service usually costs around $150 per hour and a simplisafe alarm package is around $300 with a $15 monthly fee.
@dougn23502 жыл бұрын
Has anyone else noticed that the I-24 Bridge near Paducah appears to be leaning? I drove across it Aug 8th and the suspension section on the KY side was noticeably leaning to the west.
@TheGuitologist2 жыл бұрын
Dude…call DOT!
@dougn23502 жыл бұрын
@@TheGuitologist ... I notified the IDOT but the woman I spoke to seemed very doubtful.
@nemesis24452 жыл бұрын
@@dougn2350 should have called KDOT too
@garysprandel18172 жыл бұрын
@@dougn2350 as I've said continually IDOT it's only missing one I
@amerocker2 жыл бұрын
@@garysprandel1817 ☺😀😁😂
@maceowoods37643 жыл бұрын
Structural Engineering is so complex but yet one of the most interesting fields of study just for situations like this.
@loopshackr2 жыл бұрын
In the mid-70's, driving from CO to NC, I crossed the two US68 bridges across the Land Between the Lakes, which were pretty much identical to the one in this video. At night, of course. All of us in the car still have wear marks on our teeth from meeting the 18-wheelers on those crossings. The bridges were evidently replaced over the last 10 years, but you can still see them on Google Maps Street View (as of August 2021).
@TylersNeighborhoodGarage5 жыл бұрын
All the Amateur Engineers keep saying what a poor design. The bridge itself didn't collapse, the approach did. That collapsed because the ground below it shifted. It stood without issue for 75 years, I don't think the engineering was that bad. For the record, the pier that shifted looked to have been replaced once already. If the original builders are guilty of anything it would be locating the bridge where they did.
@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin5 жыл бұрын
Not claiming to be an amateur engineer... Just a poor old farm boy who's busted a few "engineered" bridges.... One would think that the pilings should be set in bedrock... Perhaps there is no bedrock there?? If they are in bedrock, they would have to have broken by the landslide..... Whatever that case, interesting! BTW, I'm with you, doesn't matter what it's about, always too many "engineers" that know it all...
@davidbriseno16905 жыл бұрын
Under the cement you can see all the rust The natural elements cause the rust which in turn degrades the cement and your absolutely right about the pier structure don't appear to have been driven at the correct depth.
@philconnors15225 жыл бұрын
Good thing it didn't matter because it had already been closed for a while
@dagger64675 жыл бұрын
An honest geological survey and some soil assessments would have been a good start. But yes, on the money @@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin
@bodycams24775 жыл бұрын
@@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin no footing no bridge lol
@kraggman2 жыл бұрын
Looking at modern drones, the one used in 2014 was basically a toy.
@misswright99006 жыл бұрын
And the landslide brought it down.
@poopnewman77753 жыл бұрын
They literally completed the new bridge just in time.
@javieroliveras3443 жыл бұрын
The Mothman never warned us about this bridge
@angel-nv7jk2 жыл бұрын
That's because he doesn't exist, those photographs were some dude in a custome
@voidofspaceandtime46842 жыл бұрын
@@angel-nv7jk you are false
@brolydictcumberbatchmontou4012 жыл бұрын
hahahaha yeah mothman! where were you on that one? that's your whole deal, bridge warning duty. Mothman read the comment section. mothman: "Oops, I had a wicked hangover that night before, too many highballs and hookers, my bad"
@jtuttle113 жыл бұрын
Kinda scary when I think about how many times I've crossed that very bridge.
@doughesson3 жыл бұрын
Same here.2000-03 I was driving across it twice daily with mentally & physically handicapped passengers. Nothing good would have happened in an emergency with them onboard.
@vmsysprog2 жыл бұрын
I had driven over it a couple of times, long before this collapse happened. It didn’t seem safe, even back then.
@brucemoore18602 жыл бұрын
I've never driven over it and it was still scary!!! lol
@HighFiveGhost502 жыл бұрын
@@doughesson yeah if they would have escaped, they would have brought death and destruction to the country side.
@doughesson2 жыл бұрын
@@HighFiveGhost50 No, they would have all been panicking & I would have to make very hard choices for who got out. I'd be going down with the bus trying to get them all out safely.
@HailAnts2 жыл бұрын
The girl narrating this has a very calm and reassuring voice..
@jimpatrick59183 жыл бұрын
Did Tara Reed do the voice over for this?
@kevinbyrne45385 жыл бұрын
Judging from the amount of rust on the bridge, it was due for replacement anyways. However, that the bridge piers were displaced by a landslide suggests that the piers didn't have solid footings. They should have been sitting on bedrock or pilings.
@tubedude545 жыл бұрын
People would stop driving over bridges if they knew how many had bad sufficiency ratings. Well I take that back... people are stupid and would still cross them. I have seen people drive around dirt piles on roads blocking traffic from crossing a bridge...
@sockshandle3 жыл бұрын
Depends on when the bridge was built and where it was built also arguably there are bridges in MUCH worse shape than the bridge here but still quite safe
@johnsmart9642 жыл бұрын
Thank you for bringing us this excellent and informative video, it is much appreciated by the people.
@shaneticknor18666 жыл бұрын
As a resident from Livingston county...used to travel this bridge everyday when I was younger to get to walmart to shop. It was a scary bridge to begin with...the one in Smithland is even worse....before too long it will do the same thing
@ElementofKindness6 жыл бұрын
You went to shop at Walmart every day? :-/
@olddogcitypound58596 жыл бұрын
Shane Ticknor shopping at wal-mart sounds scary to me😲
@ralphjames12116 жыл бұрын
Doesn't everybody in Koontucky?
@Rebel96686 жыл бұрын
When you live out in the sticks you're damn happy to have one. The only other options are overpriced little mom & pop stores that don't carry much and if they can get what you need, they can have it for you in a couple of weeks. Yeah, there's Amazon too but some things you need that day or want yesterday. We just got a Walmart here in our county in Southern Indiana last year. Before that the largest store in the whole county was Ace Hardware. If you needed anything else you drove 30 miles to the Clarksville IN / Louisville KY area.
@theevangelist61785 жыл бұрын
@@Rebel9668 my county in Virginia has two Walmarts and my town is smack in between both of them.
@charleschapman24285 жыл бұрын
Girl needs to stop smoking.
@JayTee00073 жыл бұрын
That is one loud mosquito!
@ered2032 жыл бұрын
Welcome to KY.
@javieroliveras3442 жыл бұрын
Or a bee 🐝
@ddriskill15 жыл бұрын
We were still driving on that in July 2013. I live 8 miles past and the explosions during demolition were loud. Amazing that about 15 miles past is another bridge about as bad still in use spanning the Cumberland River.
@Luna312ful3 жыл бұрын
What bridge?
@ddriskill13 жыл бұрын
@@Luna312ful The bridge spanning the Cumberland is the one still in use
@ddriskill13 жыл бұрын
@@Luna312ful The bridge you are viewing in the video is gone
@Luna312ful3 жыл бұрын
@@ddriskill1 i just looked it up, scary stuff. But do you know the Brookport bridge?
@ddriskill13 жыл бұрын
Yes I do. It is still used It’s hard to ride a motorcycle across The brookport bridge has metal grids as the roadway instead of concrete and pavement
@ghostrider-pm5gk2 жыл бұрын
I used to drive across it all the time just before they closed it. For years I held my breath going across but it wouldn't have done any good. I knew it was unsafe but I was not fully aware of how unsafe it was. The crazy thing is that most of the major routes in this area have bridges that are in the same shape.
@steadfastneasy263 жыл бұрын
@KyTransCenter " .... the poor state of the bridge's structural integrity disallowed bridge inspectors and contractors to safely inspect the bridge for fear of collapse" Okay, this should be good .......If you fear its imminent collapse, just what *is* it that you are inspecting it for??!!
@doughesson3 жыл бұрын
They should have closed it as soon as they got too scairt to inspect it themselves.
@ralphaverill20016 жыл бұрын
How many other bridges are in the same or worse condition?
@deborahjames82513 жыл бұрын
Wow I was born in Paducah. I crossed this bridge a many times
@rjmcallister1888 Жыл бұрын
Most of those bridges are nearly a century old, and some have passed that mark. Most were 20 feet wide (some 18) and were not designed to carry the loads they did in later years. Though the support steel was a bit rotted, the reason for this failure was the collapse of the bridge abutment. They all need replacing; even the I-24 bridge is insufficient.
@furd88833 жыл бұрын
I saw the demolition of the bridge on the news before hearing it. I only live 3 miles away. I was pretty cool. I was late to class that day because I wanted to watch it.
@rah625 жыл бұрын
The narratrix recorded this after a sleepless night filled with smoking unfiltered Chesterfields.
@anglerfish82783 жыл бұрын
She actually caused it to collapse with few words spoken. Her sister was using a line trimmer at the same time...and uh...so ugh. Get her name and identification immediately. She might just cause a bridge to go down near you and me.
@aprilhaney49693 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@lironmtnranch47653 жыл бұрын
Good fortune scoring a doco gig. Usually that much vocal fry is selected for ads promoting Indian casinos and Fast Casual dining chains that serve alcohol.
@dunruden97203 жыл бұрын
Narratrix. Now there's a quaint old pedantic word!
@steadfastneasy263 жыл бұрын
@rah62phx My guess is they were Pall Mall's.
@nickwarner81585 жыл бұрын
I remember this bridge. I work at the company that built its replacement
@WycliffStudios2 жыл бұрын
This is the state of American infrastructure
@railfandepotproductions11 ай бұрын
American infrastructure be like :
@Claytone-Records5 жыл бұрын
What creepy sounding early drone.
@Mr_Chris775 жыл бұрын
Not that any of this mattered anyway. The new bridge was long open before this collapse.
@blazerocker17343 жыл бұрын
Nine months was the time between the opening of the new bridge and the start of the collapse of the old bridge. Considering that the bridge had stood sound for eighty-two years I wouldn't consider nine months to be very long. In fact I'd *almost* consider it a pants-wetting short amount of time. Almost.
@ddriskill13 жыл бұрын
@@blazerocker1734 Exactly That makes this a pretty amazing story that mattered a lot
@johntherogger5 жыл бұрын
Wow, I crossed this bridge so many times before then
@howtowithelizabeth75132 жыл бұрын
Looks like a bridge I’d see in a nightmare that would end up collapsing with me on it or the road deck giving way to where I can see the support beams underneath 😳 Freaky to see a bridge in real life that would typically appear in a nightmare glad it was closed before there were fatalities
@indridcold84335 жыл бұрын
Those warned listened in this situation and the bridge claimed no lives. However 15 December 1967, in Point Plesant, West Virginia, United States of America, the Silver Bridge collapsed after much warning was given to those that would listen. 46 died in the frigid waters, in their cars filled with Christmas presents. 47 went in into water that cold night. The cold claimed many. Wake up number 47.
@freddecat54845 жыл бұрын
The mothman did it
@indridcold84335 жыл бұрын
@@freddecat5484 The Mothman is a harbenger of disaster, not the source of disaster. Those that will listen will survive the disasters.
@MrDan7083 жыл бұрын
Drone thought balloon: "That looks sketchy, hope I don't have to land on this thing!"
@kamdenj95232 жыл бұрын
It looked like that bridge should’ve came down along time ago. was it closed before the land slide?
@tomservo56743 жыл бұрын
The camera was strapped to the world's largest bumblebee
@Quadflash6 жыл бұрын
Good use of drone, image processing and cell tech. Is anyone going to publish a paper on how the assessment and monitoring was done?
@rodneybrewer23273 жыл бұрын
I went across that old bridge a lot of times when I trucked
@anthonyzestley39802 жыл бұрын
Tokyo ROSE
@rhuttrho883 жыл бұрын
That uas thingy literally sounds like someone humming the sound effects!!😂😅😁Edit: WOOOO WOO WOOOOOO!💨
@repalmore3 жыл бұрын
1:49 I know I'm picking nits but the pier didn't rotate towards the abutment. The footing moved away from the abutment. In a formal engineering report this would make a difference, in a KZbin video, well, it should still be indicated correctly but doesn't make a big difference.
@billydaugherty97603 жыл бұрын
I live only 10 mins away form Here and remember this
@evangiles175 жыл бұрын
Since the collapse is being caused by ground subsidence then it obviously has nothing to do with it's design
@garyschultz2535 жыл бұрын
Other than it was built in the wrong place.
@angel-nv7jk2 жыл бұрын
It looked old anyways
@dougn23502 жыл бұрын
The piers should have been sitting on bedrock so they would never sink
@user-os8sq3uh4n6 жыл бұрын
I never noticed everyone always mutes drone footage.
@BattlecatRed3 жыл бұрын
Am I seeing sparks and fire at 04:26? If so, what would cause that (as this occurred before the planned demolition)? EDIT: from reading other comments, I learn that it was possible that live power lines were carried by this bridge and that's what sparked when the bridge collapsed.
@nolancain87923 жыл бұрын
I think it’s for the navigation lights that were on the bridge.
@veggiepowered2 жыл бұрын
I'am Your Newest Subscriber Great Videos
@MagnetOnlyMotors5 жыл бұрын
Wow, the bridge sit on such small pressure points, it a wonder it took a landslide to ruin it.
@tom76016 жыл бұрын
Wow, I hope, bu now, her sore throat has cleared up and her voice is back to normal. BTW, mute the sound from the quadcopter's camera...
@donnebes94215 жыл бұрын
tom7601 mute the sound from the narrators mike.
@douglasskaalrud68653 жыл бұрын
Those piers look pretty lightweight for the girders they were supporting.
@getchasome62303 жыл бұрын
That's probably why they failed
@xenon538275 жыл бұрын
"Unmanned aerial system or UAS" Why invent complicated names for things? It's a *drone* period.
@emiliogreenwood81905 жыл бұрын
In some states is it illegal to fly drones around a road or Bridge structures or buildings that's why they had to use a new name to be official and not break the law
@xenon538275 жыл бұрын
@@emiliogreenwood8190 ok, so if I were to rename theft to "Apple pie" I could get away with it in some states? That's really weird, but I think I get it. 😳
@emiliogreenwood81905 жыл бұрын
We deal with anyone that's in politics and make these rules who knows
@larryscott39825 жыл бұрын
UAS can be be applied to many different systems. Fixed wing, helicopter, lighter than air, rocket propelled, etc.
@xenon538275 жыл бұрын
@@larryscott3982 So we could call a 60 foot mast broadcasting a radio signal… 'Unmanned aerial system'. So very ambiguous and somewhat meaningless.
@FloozieOne7 жыл бұрын
This was fascinating footage and I appreciated the commentary that went along with it, but the ads were infuriating. I am giving you a thumbs up because of the interest but was tempted to give a thumbs down because of the stupid ads.
@chrishamilton25596 жыл бұрын
Holly Rockwell download add blocker or buy RED, every good channel has adds, get used to it
@johnmccallum85126 жыл бұрын
Send your complaint to Google they are the people who decide where to put the ads.
@user-os8sq3uh4n6 жыл бұрын
I don't see any ads.
@julymiller92965 жыл бұрын
@@johnmccallum8512 Thanks for the advice, because it wasn't just this one (1 midsentence) but its happened on several review channels as well... As many as 3 interrupting at odd times in a 12-13 minute video. It's overkill. Now I know who to gripe to.
@dps61986 жыл бұрын
It is NOT a land slide, it is called erosion. Erosion will always be an issue when building on or near a river.
@randallsmerna3842 жыл бұрын
"If the main structure collapses barge traffic could be disrupted." Could be?
@louisfriend69243 жыл бұрын
Mothman was laying down on the job that day...
@vintagedashboard68103 жыл бұрын
From what I see it has already collapsed to the point of demolition needed
@raymxslappedyall36605 жыл бұрын
Just call it a drone
@ernestgalvan90373 жыл бұрын
“drone” = $500 “Unmanned Aerial System” = $25,000
@godbluffvdgg5 жыл бұрын
Great editing and well documented event...
@graftonhale63926 жыл бұрын
Question: Why did they only demolish the left side of the bridge? Do the others come down later?
@nolancain87924 жыл бұрын
Grafton Hale they were deliberately brought down from left to right and then the middle.
@rjmcallister1888 Жыл бұрын
Taking all of them down at once would have halted barge traffic for several weeks. One at a time keeps some of the navigation channel open.
@Badmike535 жыл бұрын
Could be a Phantom 2 with a GO Pro strapped to it.
@saravis565 жыл бұрын
These bridges we cross every day are not meant to last forever. We need to attend to our infrastructure instead of funding the rich through our “wars”.
@doughesson3 жыл бұрын
HUH?
@jimmyhamm97375 жыл бұрын
How old is the bridge ?
@philconnors15225 жыл бұрын
It was built in 1929. It had been closed for a while when this happened. The new bridge was already built
@edstud16 жыл бұрын
It doesn't look like the bridge was constructed to very high standards to begin with.
@ralphjames12116 жыл бұрын
Cheapotuckio
@chadm69816 жыл бұрын
Well considering it was built in 1929 I would say it stood up pretty well. I drove over that bridge thousands of times growing up.
@cardboardboxification6 жыл бұрын
edstud1 ya, some 2.5" cables X shaped on all the piers would have been a plus.... But nooooo
@joeboscarino23805 жыл бұрын
Its in Kentucky .
@cardboardboxification5 жыл бұрын
Russell Gerdes the only thing I can predict is hover dam should last another 500 years....
@s.sestric99293 жыл бұрын
"I don't know whether I'm the boxer or the bag"
@elise94052 жыл бұрын
The new Ledbetter bridge is great. It's green and super wide!!
@rebelyank63612 жыл бұрын
So sad. Plenty of time to build temporary cribs under the approach spans & repour supports but let's just watch it fall down.
@ArtStoneUS3 жыл бұрын
The prediction that the approach collapsing would bring down the main trusses turned out to be wrong
@davidepool58845 жыл бұрын
I crossed that bridge many times.
@pickerjim92463 жыл бұрын
I lived near gum springs and went that way many times
@samuelt20725 жыл бұрын
Interesting use of a home security system. Foundation of the land support piers obviously not engineered/constructed properly.
@abutts025 жыл бұрын
Samuel T I’m sure the standards were different back when it was built
@samuelt20725 жыл бұрын
@@abutts02 No doubt. Bridge may have been outside its "rated life" anyway. They only last so long, no matter what...
@DoubleOneZero10102 жыл бұрын
If a bridge falls in the middle of the woods at night does it make a sound?
@dougn23502 жыл бұрын
Yes
@jtveg3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. 😉👌🏼
@cameltoeinspector60154 жыл бұрын
so 1080p didn't exist in 2015?
@MFXdump3 жыл бұрын
It became “Bedwetter Bridge.”
@GottaWannaDance5 жыл бұрын
Did this happen after or before Mitch ok'd it
@edtin18346 жыл бұрын
Why does a drone, sorry UAS, have sound?
@topfloorstudio26846 жыл бұрын
Ed Tin Propellers.....?
@danacoyle18263 жыл бұрын
Mmm that's Mitch McConnell state he says everything is great there. kind of proves it isn't doesn't it??
@doughesson3 жыл бұрын
The US Senators have less to do with the bridges & roadways as do the Democratic Governor currently in office.
@sophierobinson27382 жыл бұрын
doughesson The democratic governor can't do much if the republican senators give all the tax money to bailing out corporations instead of sending it home to make repairs.
@doughesson2 жыл бұрын
@@sophierobinson2738 And the Republican Governor wasn't able to get anything done with the Democrats stymieing his every move.
@greyeaglem2 жыл бұрын
It was an old bridge that wasn't safe, so they built a new one. No one got hurt, the collapse was expected, so there's nothing to blame anyone for. A bridge replaced in a timely manner is what's supposed to happen. Can't believe I'm defending McConnnell as I can't stand him and I'm not too pleased with KY for inflicting him on the rest of us, but fair is fair.
@georgehogart4615 жыл бұрын
Good ol Padukah. I use to watch their News as a Student at the Southern Illinois University. They even use to smoke on camera.
@philconnors15225 жыл бұрын
Everybody used to smoke on camera. That's when they used to report actual news. They are junk now
@jackschultz66733 жыл бұрын
I drove over this bridge since I was 7years old with mom and dad driving. I used for until I was 21 my sis and other familiy member used it until it was destroyed same with the smithland river bridge needs to be replaced also. Not safe for bus drivers with kids on board.... R from ky.
@greyeaglem2 жыл бұрын
I just watched a drone video of the Smithland bridge where it looks like they're building a new bridge next to it.
@TD402dd6 жыл бұрын
There is no excuse for the bridge to get into that foul of shape. So I guess the remaining bridge will stand until its ready to fall in the water. Many of the bridge in America were built as short cuts, and they shouldn't have been built.
@whiteknightcat3 жыл бұрын
Unmanned Aerial System. DRONE. It's called a drone.
@ChakatNightspark3 жыл бұрын
I was actually about to say same thing. So much Easier to say too. Drone.
@lawrencecarpenter6383 жыл бұрын
Technically its not a drone.The definition of a drone is a ariel object that flys by itself to and from an area.But its flown by a human pilot while in the area.Look it up
@whiteknightcat3 жыл бұрын
@@lawrencecarpenter638 So then all these drones that people use to produce awesome videos everywhere aren't really drones then?
@lawrencecarpenter6383 жыл бұрын
@@whiteknightcat NO.Those people are flying nothing more than quad copters.
@whiteknightcat3 жыл бұрын
@@lawrencecarpenter638 After doing a little looking around, I've found that the manufacturers are calling their products "drones" and an accepted dictionary definition of a drone is "a remote-controlled pilotless aircraft or small flying device", aka an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
@eddieknox98742 жыл бұрын
was it ever replaced?
@railfandepotproductions11 ай бұрын
Yeah?
@CattleRustlerOCN5 жыл бұрын
Tea with honey before you narrate might help.
@scottw46035 жыл бұрын
ya, get tired of some women who talk on the radio and such who have that dying, gravelly voice
@dewaynepickering37085 жыл бұрын
Should her voice annoy you, you can avoid this annoyance by simply turning your volume to 0 or simply going on to another video. I applaud this young lady for her efforts at narrating this interestingly informative video! Well Done!!
@hexus91985 жыл бұрын
The vocal fry is real Should this tangent of conversation in the comment section annoy you, you could simply elect not to read it.
@bodycams24775 жыл бұрын
She did fine
@moderoy5 жыл бұрын
What are you, some kind of wise guy?
@midwest44166 жыл бұрын
Wonder who's power was impacted when the bridge initially collapsed?
@vincemusic51624 жыл бұрын
Mid West no ones (I live near it) and they had already opened a brand new bridge right next to it (look it up)
@railfandepotproductions11 ай бұрын
No one's?
@illinoiscentralrailroadfan60155 жыл бұрын
I used to live in Paducah and I rode across this bridge a few times growing up. Barge traffic was always hitting the bridge and it was built if I remember correctly in the late 1920s. It was known back in 2000 that the Bridge needed to be replacedand they ask for bids and proposals for a replacement bridgebut going to newbridge takes time especially when you got saved up money during the middle of a recession
@friedpistonrings85335 жыл бұрын
I remember when towboats used to push against the piers when testing their engines.
@vmsysprog2 жыл бұрын
I was wondering if maybe it was a WPA project. It looked to be about that old. But the WPA wasn’t until about the early to mid 1930’s.
@scottpatrick86455 жыл бұрын
Maybe your vocal fry caused the collapse.
@taylorqueensbury1702 жыл бұрын
That's scary. I am glad all you Wildcats survived. Love from Bama.
@theoriginalchefboyoboy60253 жыл бұрын
hey son, I need to borrow your drone for work. Yes, I'll lift the weekend curfew just this once...
@james-ew6wj3 жыл бұрын
Should we build it of a material too heavy for a bridge like Lead? Better!
@doughesson3 жыл бұрын
Boooo! Get off the stage!
@jerrykinnin79413 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Marion ky. Fun times riding shotgun in all dads trucks. Cross all those bridges on US 60. Smithland Ledbetter Cairo Miss river bridge. Then I started driving trucks across them.
@jeffwilson13996 жыл бұрын
Interesting topic. But the narrator's voice is absolutely unbearable.
@Jrainbow036 жыл бұрын
I completely agree. I was hoping I wasn't the only one.
@redforestcatfish20965 жыл бұрын
It's called "vocal fry," a.k.a., LRV: Liberal Radio Voice. heartiste.wordpress.com/2018/10/07/lrv-liberal-radio-voice/
@donnebes94215 жыл бұрын
Jeff Wilson popular with the snowflakes for some reason.
@cplcabs5 жыл бұрын
Jeff Wilson you must live a very privileged life if you think her voice is unbearable
@jeffwilson13995 жыл бұрын
@@cplcabs Not really? Please explain how me complaining about this womans voice is an indicator of my "privledge".
@Tom-xe9iq Жыл бұрын
Seems to me if they'd taken the first two sections near the erosion out, they could have saved the first span. Why did they wait? Was clear that the supporting pieces were going to collapse...
@zanelile7615 жыл бұрын
Jack it up -add a plate and weld it.
@donnebes94215 жыл бұрын
zane lile zip ties and bungee cords and if it’s really bad use duct tape. Problem solved!
@zanelile7615 жыл бұрын
@@donnebes9421 I have used a few of these myself. Work good for many uses.
@doughesson3 жыл бұрын
At least the replacement bridge is in service now.
@Reathety2 жыл бұрын
This bridge looks like it has always been a little flimsy.
@shawnmccori2 жыл бұрын
That wrought iron supports look familiar on that bridge. Concrete is the wrong kind of support for wrought iron its too heavy.